DYLAN Quinn is continuing to appeal for children’s shoes as he plans for 16,000 pairs of shoes to be laid out in front of Stormont buildings in Belfast on Sunday. Each pair of shoes will represent a young life that has been lost due to the conflict in Gaza since October 2023. The Enniskillen dance artist […]
Erne Highlanders win Fermanagh dance school of the year
ERNE Highland Dancers have been awarded ‘County Fermanagh dance school of the year’ title. The group received the award at the first Dance Awards NI held in the Culloden hotel. Erne Highland Dancers began their journey in 2009 and since then has continued to grow and thrive. Dance tutor Kathryn Stewart explained how the group was […]
Fermanagh family remembers Francis with RNLI fundraiser
THE family of a Fermanagh fisherman, who sadly passed away in a kayaking accident during the summer, have been raising much-needed funds for the RNLI. Francis Martin, who was in his 60s, went missing while kray fishing in this kayak off the Waterford coast at Dungarvan in August this year. The father-of-two, who was from Enniskillen […]
Fermanagh Pensioner struggling to heat rooms
A FERMANAGH pensioner who has lost their Winter Fuel Payment fears she may have to “go cap in hand to a charity” and ask for help after she’s only able to heat two rooms in her home. An estimated 249,000 pensioners in the North, who are not in receipt of pension credit or other means-tested benefits, […]
Sinead Quinn stars at Bawnacre birthday celebration
FORMER Fame Academy runner-up Sinead Quinn rolled back the years in style when she returned to her hometown of Irvinestown recently to celebrate 40 years of the Bawnacre Centre. The mother-of-three, who finished second in the 2002 competition which was presented by husband and wife, Patrick Kielty and Cat Deely, headlined a major celebration concert […]
Donnelly Group supports Fermanagh school
A FERMANAGH school has hailed the “huge impact” that a local business has had on their pupils healthy and wellbeing after they sponsored a new kit which can be used for sporting activities. Donnelly Group, which has branches throughout the North, recently teamed up with St Patrick’s Primary School in Derrygonnelly to provide a new […]
Flotilla fever to return to Lough Erne
LOUGH Erne is soon set to embrace its full Christmas feeling later this month as the hugely popular flotilla boats bring some much-anticipated festive cheer to the county. A number of boats are set to form a special illuminated Christmas flotilla on Saturday, December 21, building on the Riverside Raft Race and Halloween Pirate Ship […]
Fermanagh teachers could return to picket lines
A LOCAL teacher has called on political leaders and the Stormont Executive to “come to the table with an offer” of better pay as teaching professionals face a return to the picket lines. Some of the leading teaching unions in the North are considering holding a ballot on strike action after it was revealed that […]
Questions raised after Fermanagh homes are flooded
A FERMANAGH family whose property was flooded for the third time in just over a decade has questioned whether more could have been done locally to prevent the devastation caused by Storm Bert on Friday night. Some parts of the North recorded more than half a month’s rainfall over the weekend, with the county feeling […]
‘Old’ Castle Archdale was scene of tragic murders
THE ruin of ‘Old’ Castle Archdale sits on the eastern shore of Lough Erne, built in 1615 for John Archdale who hailed from Suffolk. He came to Ulster under the Plantation scheme. The castle was built as an English style castle or fortified strong house; a three storey house in a T-shaped plan built within […]